New Poetry from the Midwest 2019
ISBN: 978-1-941561-20-1
Featuring “the flourishing crop of Midwestern writers who consistently produce work that is innovative, finely crafted, and strong in voice and the ability to connect. The series seeks to explode the generally accepted notions of what the Midwest is and what Midwestern writing is, while honoring its rich and long-standing histories.”
Edited by Hannah Stephenson & Rita Mae Reese
The Allure of Grammar: The Glamour of Angie Estes’s Poetry
ISBN: 978-0472037-37-7
“In The Allure of Grammar, Doug Rutledge gathers insightful responses to the full range of Estes’s work—from a review of her first chapbook to a reading of two poems appearing in her 2018 book, Parole—that approach these beautiful verbal objects with both intellectual rigor and genuine awe. […] An interview with Estes herself, in which she speaks of a poem as an ‘arranged place…where experience happens,’ adds her perspective to the mix, at turns resonating with and challenging her critics.”
Edited by Doug Rutledge
2018 Digital Writers’ Festival: Poem Phone
“How often do you pick up the phone these days? As we’ve moved back to predominantly text-based forms of communication, phone calls spent on hold to customer service, telemarketing or seemingly interminable robo-calls are de rigeur. Riffing on John Giorno’s iconic 1969 artwork, this is a Dial-a-Poem for the internet age.”
October 30 – November 3, 2018
Pittsburgh Poetry Houses: Volume III Issue 1
“As you are walking through the city, on your way to work or lunch or an evening out with friends, you see a tiny wooden box on a mailbox post titled ‘Poetry House.’ Behind a plexiglass door are four postcard-sized poems, free for the taking. […] This is the vision behind the Poetry Houses public art project…”
Read more at The Awesome Foundation
The Poetry Dress
“The Poetry Dress is a collaborative art project featuring work by established and emerging poets as a way to showcase the layers of female voices in contemporary poetry. The project featured the work of 71 poets at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival.”
May 12-14, 2011, The Roost, Salem, Massachusetts
Curated by Danielle Jones-Pruett
Bigger Than They Appear
ISBN: 978-1-936628-07-0
“…Whether poignant, funny, tragic, or inspirational, each poem is always complete and memorable, representing a world larger than the space it takes on the page. This book features work by 192 contemporary masters of the short free-form poem.”
Edited by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Best New Poets 2008
ISBN: 978-0-976629-63-4
“Best New Poets is an annual anthology of 50 poems from emerging writers. Each year, a guest editor selects 50 poems from nominations made by literary magazines and writing programs, as well as an Open Internet Competition.”
Edited by Mark Strand & Jeb Livingood